Saturday, October 12, 2013

The Red Line (1982) - (dir: Masoud Kimiai) [خط قرمز]

This is an Iranian poster by an unknown designer made to promote the
1982 Masoud Kimiai film The Red Line [khat-e qermez] based on a
screenplay by Bahram Beizai from his play Shab-e Samur and
starring Saeed Rad as Armani. When this film was made both Kimiai and
Beizai were in their 40s and had well-established careers in the
Iranian film industry. Wikipedia has articles about both of them
summarizing their professional activities. Plot summary: In the fall
of 1978 at the peak of the revolution an agent named Armani from the
National Intelligence and Security Organization (SAVAK) [Saeed Rad]
marries a girl named Lale [Farimah Farjami] who knows nothing about
his occupation. A series of strange events on the eve of the wedding
and the absence of the SAVAK make the girl suspicious, angry and
afraid and cause her to investigate; the next morning they have a
heated, violent confrontation that ends when she shoots him with his
pistol.